The FCC granted a limited waiver of CableCARD...
The FCC granted a limited waiver of CableCARD rules for cable operators that use set-top boxes refurbished by Adams Cable Equipment, said the Media Bureau in an order Friday. The waiver applies only to ACE’s existing inventory of 50,000 set-tops…
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and the company must offer the boxes for sale directly to subscribers, and the cable operators that use them must let their customers know about that option, activate and provide support for the devices. The waiver “would not materially affect common reliance” on CableCARDs because of the small number of boxes affected, “which is a relatively small number when compared to the 8 million compliant set-top boxes that the cable industry has deployed every year” said the order. The waiver is based on a similar waiver granted to Baja Cable because of “extraordinary financial hardship,” it said. “The conditions we place on the waiver will ensure that the public interest benefit on which we grant this waiver -- i.e., providing consumers with the option to purchase low-cost equipment -- will be realized.”